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District Court Finds Asserted Claims of Aerial Roof Measurement Patent Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. ยง 101 | Weintraub Tobin

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In Pictometry International Corp. v. Roofr, Inc., 1-21-cv-01852 (DDE Jan. 19, 2023) (Richard G. Andrews), the court found that plaintiffโ€™s three aerial roof measurement patents encompassed unpatentable subject matter and that claim 1 in each of those patents was directed to an abstract idea and therefore granted defendantโ€™s motion to dismiss on those grounds. Patentability…

SDNY Finds Patent for Processing Financial Transaction Data Invalid Under 101

SDNY Finds Patent for Processing Financial Transaction Data Invalid Under 101

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โ€œThe service of providing customers a discounted transaction has been โ€˜common among brick-and-mortar retailersโ€™ and in the past, retailers have provided financial incentives, such as coupons, to customers during purchaseโ€ฆ. [T]he โ€™852 patent simply describes that this conventional business practice may be effected by technology rather than by hand.โ€ Last week, the U.S. District Court…